NURS 593 - Integrative Practicum in Family Practice

Credit(s): 4
This course focuses on students implementing the full primary care FNP role with patients across the lifespan experiencing simple, complex illnesses, and co-morbid conditions with multiple diagnoses and developing collaborative patient, family and multidisciplinary partnerships. This course provides the opportunities for students to apply theoretical and evidence-based health promotion, diagnosis and management of common and complex problems in clients throughout the lifespan in underserved, rural and urban populations. Ethical and cultural considerations, health promotion and disease prevention are emphasized. Oral and written communication with individuals, families, groups and communities will be emphasized. Students will demonstrate synthesis of knowledge and application gained from the culmination of the Family Nurse Practitioner program. A comprehensive exam will be given that must be passed in order to pass the course. During this clinical course, students will be required to complete 240 hours of direct-patient care in the clinical setting.

Prerequisites: NURS 551 NURS 571 and NURS 581
Corequisites: NURS 505
Course Level: Graduate